Risk and Return Considerations in "The Weakest Link".

The article explores the mechanics of the television game show "The Weakest Link." Contestants of the game answer general knowledge questions, with each correct answer raising the amount held in a temporary pot. The game involves several mathematical issues such as strategy optimization, existence of Nash equilibria, and voting considerations. The payoff vector as being the amount in the pot after a chain of correct answers was introduced to describe various versions of the game around the world.